Raheem Sterling is set to tell Liverpool he wants to leave the club in the summer when talks between the two parties resume this week, according to reports.
Several reports on Monday night claimed the England forward would inform club chiefs that he sees his future away from Anfield.
Sterling is under contract until 2017 and, if he opts not to sign a new deal, Liverpool will have to decide whether to cash in on one of their most prized assets or risk losing him for nothing at the end of his deal.
The 20-year-old said in an interview with BBC Sport last month that the contract impasse was nothing to do with money, but about his desire to win trophies after it emerged that he had been what Rodgers described as “an incredible offer”, believed to be £100,000-a-week.
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher had some stern words for Sterling.
“I’d be embarrassed to walk into training tomorrow and show my face to everyone. I wouldn’t want to go in. I wouldn’t want to show my face.
“For a 20-year-old kid to be taking on Liverpool over a contract…to the pit of my stomach that just winds me up and angers me. Raheem Sterling will obviously move.”
Departing Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard urged Sterling not to follow him out of the Anfield exit this weekend, but those pleas are likely to fall on deaf ears.
“My advice to Raheem is he needs a manager who is going to play him, to coach him, to believe in him,” said Gerrard.
“I think there is no one better for him than Brendan Rodgers. I think he should sign a new deal. Brendan is a fantastic man manager, he puts a lot of time and effort into every player in the squad.
“The danger for younger players is they want it all too soon and go to another club and just become a number.”